Answer the questiosn please.

Every day find one thing that you began at some point but have not yet finished. It might be making the bed, replying to an email, buying a birthday card for your grandfather, replacing the bulb in your bedside lamp. Simply complete this incomplete. What you do doesnt matter, as long as you complete something unfinished. Do it now. Make a daily journal entry of completed incompletes. Record what you did and how it felt to get it done. Dont let a day go by when you dont cross something off your to-do listeven if its making a to-do list. Your chore does not have to be something big and might take less than 5 minutesfolding the towels you washed last weekend, returning the charger you borrowed from a friend, paying your cell phone bill online. Most college students have such a stash of incompletes that they can do this exercise for a long time without running out of tasks. If you also work or have children, you may have a lifetime supply. As you proceed, observe the surprising immediate effects. You probably feel an unexpected boost. The reason? Incompletes suck energy. Completing them releases the energy they monopolize. You will feel lighter and more energetic from the first completion the very first day. When you have done this exercise daily for a week, add the following additional exercise:

Begin one mildly unpleasant thing that stretches you a bit. Do not attempt too big a step. And select something only mildly difficult.

Dont groan; Dont protest; Stay with us! You do not have to crawl over cut glass or endure physical challenges like a reality show contestant. But we do want you to experience what happens when you take on a mild dose of challenge instead of postponing or evading it.

To complete this exercise, you could choose to do something practical that you find tedious, such as folding your socks or sorting old papers, or something less practical like organizing your digital photos.

But why not kill two birds with the same stone? Why not do something practical that will simultaneously further your academic success? For instance, study for the class you find most difficult as early as possible in the day. In addition to completing one incomplete every day, faithfully add this mild stretch activity to your daily routine for 3 weeks, and observe the effects.

Note that choosing to do first what you might otherwise have done last creates immediate payoffs. For starters, you complete the more challenging study task when you are freshest; this alone can create a positive ripple effect. Handling tough course material early on can make it easier to comprehend. When you understand the content better, you may enjoy the work and the class more. As a bonus, your grade may improve as well. Second, you send yourself powerful positive messages about your ability to handle something difficult. As you work on these tasks, the work you do works on you. By practicing simple exercises repetitively, you increase your tenacity and persistence and, in the process, make your locus of control more internal. You will be well on your way to mastering the tool of making your own luck.

1. What kinds of things do you usually procrastinate about? Why?

2. Did you experience any benefits from completing the unpleasant tasks you selected? What were they? Will they help motivate you to tackle the same or similar tasks in the future?